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SEI Technologies Forum-- Software Acquisition Program Dynamics
This January 2012 webinar discusses SEI efforts to improve acquisition program staff decision making in order to reduce program cost, schedule, and quality failures.
12/30/2011A Closer Look at 804: A Summary of Considerations for DoD Program Managers
The information in this report is intended to help program managers reason about actions they may need to take to adapt and comply with the Section 804 NDAA for 2010 and associated guidance.
10/31/2011Agile Methods: Selected DoD Management and Acquisition Concerns
This technical note addresses some of the key issues that either must be understood to ease the adoption of Agile or are seen as potential barriers to adoption of Agile in the DoD acquisition context.
10/05/2011An Acquisition Perspective on Product Evaluation
This technical note focuses on software acquisition and development practices related to the evaluation of products before, during, and after implementation. From engagements with numerous DoD acquisition programs, it has been observed that a number of recurring issues reduce the effectiveness of how software-reliant products are evaluated. An acquisition effort consists of identifying the customer’s needs, selecting or developing a product that is responsive to those needs, and then evaluating the product to determine if it properly addresses the identified needs. This technical note describes the Product Evaluation (verification, validation, and certification) process including test, reviews, and formal methods. It also makes the argument that Product Evaluation should not be deferred until after a product has been built, but should begin as soon as the customer’s needs have been identified and should continue throughout the acquisition effort
07/20/2011A Decision Framework for Selecting Licensing Rights for Noncommercial Computer Software in the DoD Environment
This report describes standard noncommercial software licensing alternatives as defined by U.S. government and Department of Defense (DoD) regulations. It also suggests an approach for objectively identifying agency needs for license rights and the appropriate license type for systems with noncommercial computer software or as standalone software in the DoD environment.
02/28/2011A Framework for Evaluating Common Operating Environments: Piloting, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities
This report explores the interdependencies among common language, business goals, and soft-ware architecture as the basis for a common framework for conducting evaluations of software technical solutions.
12/17/2010Beyond Technology Readiness Levels for Software: U.S. Army Workshop Report
This report synthesizes presentations, discussions, and outcomes from the "Beyond Technology Readiness Levels for Software" workshop from August 2010.
11/11/2010Strategic Planning with Critical Success Factors and Future Scenarios: An Integrated Strategic Planning Framework
This report explores the value of enhancing typical strategic planning techniques with the CSF method and scenario planning.
09/30/2010Success in Acquisition: Using Archetypes to Beat the Odds
This report describes key elements in systems thinking, provides an introduction to general systems archetypes, and applies these concepts to the software acquisition domain.
09/30/2010Program Executive Officer Aviation, Major Milestone Reviews: Lessons Learned Report
This report documents ideas and recommendations for improving the overall acquisition process and presents the actions taken by project managers in several programs to develop, staff, and obtain approval for their systems.
09/30/2010Suggestions for Documenting SOA-Based Systems
This report provides suggestions for documenting service-oriented architecture-based systems based on the Views & Beyond (V&B) software documentation approach.
08/18/2010Risk Management Framework
This report details a framework that documents best practices for risk management and an approach for evaluating a program’s risk management practice in relation to this framework.
06/17/2010Considerations for Using Agile in DoD Acquisition
This 2010 report explores the questions: Can Agile be used in the DoD environment? If so, how?
06/07/2010Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs
This report examines how data rights issues were addressed in the TSAT program, reviews additional concerns posed by the use of commercial software in the TSAT program’s Space Segment, and reviews data rights concerns for software incorporated in the GPS program.
05/25/2010The Illusion of Certainty - Paper
In this 2010 paper, Grady Campbell - delivered at the 7th Acquisition Research Symposium - argues that a new approach to acquisition is needed that recognizes that hiding uncertainty is detrimental to success.
05/25/2010The Illusion of Certainty - Presentation
presentation given at the 7th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, May 2010
05/04/2010QUality Assessment of System Architectures and their Requirements (QUASAR) (SoSECIE 2010)
one hour overview presented as a DoD and NDIA System-of-Systems Engineering Collaborator’s Information Exchange (SoSECIE) Webinar on May 18, 2010
05/04/2010Keynote: Engineering Safety-and Security-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems (ICSE 2010)
Keynote presentation by Donald Firesmith at SESS’10, as part of the 32nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ISCE’2010) in Cape Town, South Africa.
05/04/2010Engineering Safety- and Security-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems (ICSE 2010)
presentation given at the 22nd Annual Systems and Software Technology Conference (SSTC 2010) in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 26-29, 2010.
05/04/2010Engineering Safety-and Security-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems (ICSE 2010)
presentation given at the 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering 4 May 2010
04/30/2010We Have All Been Here Before: Recurring Patterns Across 12 U.S. Air Force Acquisition Programs
presentation given by William Novak and Ray Williams at the 2010 Systems and Software Technology Conference (SSTC) on April 29, 2010
04/30/2010Status of Ongoing Work in Software TRAs/TRLs
In this 2010 presentation, Michael Bandor and Suzanne Garcia-Miller focus on software issues and shortfalls observed during the DoD Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) processes.
04/30/2010Characterizing Technical Software Performance Within System of Systems Acquisitions: A Step-Wise Methodology
Bryce Meyer and James Wessel provide a 10-step method for planning/assessing software performance, allowing for respective improvement of architecture and test processes.
04/30/2010Measurement That Works -- Really!
James Wessel focuses on software measurement practices that Army acquisition organizations find useful for software issue identification, tracking, and active control of programs.
04/30/2010Why Is R&D in the Cyber and Software Engineering Environment Different? (SSTC 2010)
Terry Roberts addresses why R&D in cyber and software engineering is different, how to research the federal lab landscape for opportunities, and how focus our R&D initiatives.
04/06/2010Selecting Middleware Technologies
presentation made by Patricia Oberndorf Thomas Merendino, & Soumya Simanta at the at the Systems and Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 26, 2010
04/06/2010Open Systems: What’s Old Is New Again
presentation made by Patricia Oberndorf & Carol Sledge at the Systems and Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 27, 2010
04/06/2010Evolution of a Software Engineer in a SoS System Engineering World
This presentation was given by Patricia Oberndorf and Carol A. Sledge of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) on April 6, 2010 at the IEEE Systems Conference in San Diego, CA.
01/18/2010Acquisition Archetype: Shooting the Messenger
When problems are detected in programs, everyone needs to listen and work together towards a solution. Shooting the messenger only delays the process, and hurts program morale.
12/31/2009Generalized Criteria and Evaluation Method for Center of Excellence: A Preliminary Report
Criteria and standards to certify an organization as a COE are presented in this Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute preliminary report.
11/17/2009Evaluating Artifact Quality from an Appraisal Perspective
This report explores the lack of agreement among SCAMPI Lead Appraisers about what “artifact quality” means in the SCAMPI process context.
11/17/2009Evaluating Process Quality from an Appraisal Perspective
This report explores the lack of agreement among SCAMPI Lead Appraisers about what “process quality” means in the SCAMPI process context.
10/26/2009Rethinking Risk Management Tutorial
Presented at the NDIA Systems Engineering Conference 2009 by Audrey Dorofee and Christopher Alberts.
10/15/2009Acquisition Archetypes: Brooks' Law
This April 2009 whitepaper focuses on the problems of underspending, which can result in funds being shifted from one acquisition program to another.
10/15/2009Acquisition Archetypes: Happy Path Testing
When time and budget are tight, it's tempting to follow the "happy path" in testing. But be careful: it may be a path that brings your program great unhappiness.
09/30/2009Lessons Learned from a Large, Multi-Segment, Software-Intensive System
This 2009 report contains a series of observations and their associated lessons learned from a large, multi-segment, software-intensive system.
06/30/2009Incremental Development in Large-Scale Systems: Finding the Programmatic IEDs
This paper explores how continued use of the acquisition roadmaps opens up the potential for running into program pitfalls (programmatic IEDs) that aren’t acknowledged on the map at hand.
06/01/2009Measurement for Improvement: Successful Measurement Practices Used in Army Software Acquisition
This report summarizes the findings of a study conducted for the Army to find and describe software measurement practices that are being used successfully.
06/01/2009Incorporating Software Requirements into the System RFP: Survey of RFP Language for Software by Topic, v. 2.0
The 2009 report defines and communicates software engineering and management events necessary to support the successful acquisition of software-intensive systems.
04/24/2009A Technical Overview of Risk and Opportunity Management
A technical overview of systemic risk and opportunity management for distributed environments.
04/23/2009Acquisition Archetypes: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
This April 2009 whitepaper is one in a short series of acquisition failures. This paper focuses on the problems of underspending, which can result in funds being shifted from one program to another.
04/23/2009Acquisition Archetypes: Longer Begets Bigger
Planning for a long development period doesn't always solve acquisition scheduling problems. Sometimes it makes them worse.
04/20/2009MFESA One-Day Tutorial SSTC 2009
Donald Firesmith of the SEI presented a one-day tutorial in the Method Framework for Engineering Systems Architectures (MFESA) at the 2009 SSTC in April 2009.
03/24/2009Acquisition Process Improvement in Stealth Mode: is It IDEAL?
This presentation was given by Joe Wickless of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in March 2010 at SEPG North America 2009, held in San Jose, CA.
03/23/2009Tutorial: The Method-Framework for Engineering System Architectures (MFESA)
Tutorial: The Method-Framework for Engineering System Architectures (MFESA). Delivered by Donald Firesmith at the IEEE International Systems Conference, March 23-26, 2009.
03/23/2009An Innovative Requirements Solution: Combining Six Sigma KJ Language Data Analysis With Automated Content Analysis
This March 2009 presentation, An Innovative Requirements Solution, was presented by Ira Monarch, Dennis Goldenson, and Robert W. Stoddard at SEPG North America 2009.
03/23/2009Method Framework for Engineering System Architecture
This brief tutorial of the Method Framework for Engineering System Architecture was delivered in March 2009 at the IEEE International Systems Conference by Donald Firesmith.
03/23/2009New Directions in Risk: A Success-Oriented Approach (2009)
presented in San Jose, California, at the 21st Annual SEPG North America 2009 conference March 23-26, 2009
03/06/2009Acquisition Archetypes: Everything for Everybody
When projects attempt to please too many customers, complexity mounts, schedules slip, costs expand ... and no one is happy.
12/10/2008The Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures (MFESA)
A tutorial on the Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures (MFESA) delivered at ICSSEA 2008 on December 10, 2008.
12/01/2008Survey of Systems Engineering Effectiveness - Initial Results, A
This survey quantifies the relationship between the application of Systems Engineering (SE) best practices to projects and programs, and the performance of those projects and programs.
11/15/2008Process Improvement and CMMI: Developing Complex Systems Using CCMI to Achieve Effective Systems and Software Engineering Integration
Presentation by Kenneth Nidiffer, Director of Strategic Plans for Government Programs (SEI), from the 8th Annual CMMI Technology Conference and User Group, November 2008.
11/12/2008The Last Phase of Process Change - Deployment
A presentation made by Rick Barbour and Barbara Tyson at the 8th Annual CMMI Technology and Users Conference in November 2008. The Last Phase of Process Change - Deployment
10/18/2008How Future Trends in Systems and Software Engineering Bode Well for Enabling Improved Acquisition and Performance of Defense Systems
Kenneth Nidiffer delivered this presentation at the 11th Annual Systems Engineering Conference in October 2008.
10/10/2008Principles in a DoD Acquisition Principles in a DoD Acquisition
Presented: October 2008
09/22/2008Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover
Applying more pressure on staff can temporarily increase productivity, but burnout soon sets in.
09/22/2008Acquisition Archetypes: Underbidding the Contract
From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure. Acquisition Archetype: Underbidding the Contract
09/08/2008Renewing the Product Line Vision
Renewing the Product Line Vision was presented by Brady Campbell (SEI) at the 12th International Software Product Line Conference in September 2008.
08/01/2008Preview of the Mission Assurance Analysis Protocol (MAAP): Assessing Risk and Opportunity in Complex Environments
The purpose of this 2008 document is to preview a core set of activities and outputs that define a MAAP assessment.
06/11/2008Podcast: Becoming A Smart Buyer of Software
In this podcast, Brian Gallagher, former director of the Acquisition Support Program at the SEI, discusses what business leaders need to know when acquiring or purchasing software, along with implications for security.
06/04/2008Future Trends in Systems and Software Engineering
presentation from the Second Annual Systems Engineering Conference of the National Reconnaissance Office on June 4, 2008
04/08/2008Identifying Acquisition Patterns of Failure Using System Archetypes
This presentation was given by Linda Levine and Bill Novak of the SEI’s Acquisition Support Program at the IEEE Systems Conference in April 2008.
03/17/2008Using the Mission Diagnostic: Lessons Learned (2008)
presented at SEPG 2008, March 17-20, 2008 Tampa, Florida
03/12/2008The Method-Framework for Engineering Systems Architectures (MFESA)
Presented by Don Firesmith on March 12, 2008
03/10/2008Acquisition Archetypes: Firefighting
All hands on deck helps put out the immediate blazes threatening projects, but falling into a routine of constant firefighting is not the way to guide a project across the finish line.
03/04/2008Acquisition Archetypes: PMO versus Contractor Hostility
Everyone intends the best in project-driven marriages of PMOs and contractors, but good intentions can't overcome the hostility generated by loss of trust and squabbles in poorly developed relationships.
03/04/2008Acquisition Archetypes: Feeding the Sacred Cow
Some programs take on a life of their own--privileged, and woven into an organization's existence. But when "sacred cow" projects begin to go wrong, that privilege and protection makes fixing them even more difficult.
03/01/2008Lessons Learned Applying the Mission Diagnostic
This technical note describes the adaptation of the Mission Diagnostic (MD) necessary for a customer and the lessons we learned from its use.
03/01/2008Mission Diagnostic Protocol, Version 1.0: A Risk-Based Approach for Assessing the Potential for Success
This 2008 document describes the core set of activities and outputs that defines mission diagnostic protocol (MDP).
12/01/2007Software-Intensive Systems Producibility: A Vision and Roadmap (v 0.1)
This 2007 document is a draft in progress of a technology vision and roadmap to improve the ability of the DoD and industry to deliver needed SiS capability in a timely, cost-effective, and predictable manner.
11/01/2007A Survey of Systems Engineering Effectiveness: Initial Results
This survey quantifies the relationship between the application of systems engineering best practices to projects and the performance of those projects.
10/25/2007Acquisition Archetypes: The Bow Wave Effect
From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure.
10/01/2007COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management
This 2007 report presents a COTS and Reusable Software Management Plan that can serve as a guide for how to manage multiple COTS and other reusable software components in complex systems.
05/31/2007Engineering Safety- and Security-Related Requirement for Software-Intensive Systems
Full day tutorial presented in May 2007
03/15/2007Assuring Mission Success in Complex Settings
Presented: March 2007
03/01/2007Executive Overview of SEI MOSAIC: Managing for Success Using a Risk-Based Approach
This 2007 report provides an overview of the concepts and foundations of MOSAIC, a suite of advanced, risk-based analysis methods for assessing complex, distributed programs, processes, and information-technology systems.
02/27/2007Engineering Safety- and Security-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems
presentation given at the 6th IEEE International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS) 2007, Alberta, Canada (February-March 2007)
10/27/2006Tutorial: Quality Assessment Of System Architectures and Their Requirements (QUASAR)
A tutorial presented by Donald Firesmith at the 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, October 23-27, 2006, in San Diego, California.
10/26/2006Getting Program Decision- Makers to Use and be Part of Risk Management Process
presentation made at International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) 2007, San Diego, June 24-29, 2007
10/26/2006Quality Assessment of System Architectures and Their Requirements
Presented: March 2007
10/26/2006Quality Assessment of System Architectures that their Requirements (QUASAR) Version 3.0
Presentation by Donald Firesmith (SEI) on QUASAR, V3.0 (February 2008).
10/26/2006Process and Procedure Definition: A Primer
Presented: March 2007
10/26/2006Software-Intensive Systems Producibility
Presented: May 2006
10/26/2006Acquisition Support: Helping Programs Succeed (2008)
Presentation by Brian Gallagher, Director, Acquisition Support Program (SEI) on acquisition support. Provides a number of real-world examples relevant to the defense industry.
10/26/2006SCAMPI-B for Contract Monitoring
Presented: March 2007
10/26/2006Identifying Acquisition Patterns of Failure Using Systems Archetypes
Presentation by Brian Gallagher which discusses acquisition archetypes and how they can be used to detect acquisition problems in an organization (April 2008).
10/26/2006Using a Service Oriented Approach in TSAT
Presentation by Neal London, Dr. Carl Sunshine, and Dr. Charles Hammons on using the TSAT approach to service identification, classification, and definition (October 2006).
10/26/2006Engineering Safety- and Security-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems (SEPG 2006)
Presented by Donald Firesmith at SEPG 2006.
10/26/20062nd International Off-the-Shelf Development Method Workshop Report
presentation given at the 6th IEEE International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS) 2007, Alberta, Canada (February-March 2007)
10/26/2006Specifying Initial Design Review and Final Design Review Criteria
Presented: October 2006
10/26/2006CMMI for Acquisition Organizations: The Next Wave of Outsourcing SEPG 2006
presentation made at the SEPG 2006 symposium, March 6-9, 2006, Nashville, Tennessee
10/26/2006Model-Based Improvement
Presented: September 2007
10/26/2006Method Engineering using OPFRO
Presented: June 2006
10/26/2006CMMI: The DoD Perspective
Presented: October 2006
10/26/2006Acquisition Support: Helping Programs Succeed
In this 2007 presentation, Brian Gallagher discusses the state of acquisition support and offers advice for better implementing acquisition support programs in an organization.
10/26/2006Software Engineering Institute Acquisition Support Program Architecture Product Update
Peter Capell (SEI) discusses QUASAR, a method of assessing system architecture, and MFESA, a method framework that enables the development of system-specific architecture (2008).
10/26/2006Applying CMMI, Software Architecture Principles, and Process Improvement in a DoD Acquisition
presentation given at the 2007 SEPG Conference, March 2007, Austin, Texas
10/26/2006Architectural Aspects of Long-Lived Ground Systems
This SEI presentation – “Using System Archetypes to Identify Failure Patterns in Acquisition” – was delivered by Diane Gibson, Linda Levine, and William E. Novak on May 2, 2006.
09/01/2006Quantitative Methods for Software Selection and Evaluation
This 2006 report describes methods for selecting candidate commercial off-the-shelf packages for further evaluation, possible methods for evaluation, and other factors besides requirements to be considered.
08/01/2006Risk Management Considerations for Interoperable Acquisition
This report addresses interoperable risk management: the interoperability of organizations that engage in risk management in the context of a system of systems.
08/01/2006Techniques for Developing an Acquisition Strategy by Profiling Software Risks
07/01/2006QUASAR: A Method for the Quality Assessment of Software-Intensive System Architectures
This 2006 handbook documents the QUASAR (QUality Assessment of System ARchitectures) method for assessing the quality of the architecture of a software-intensive system.
06/13/2006The Adventures of Ricky and Stick
This book isn't an official guide to best practice, and it certainly isn't a textbook. But in a kind of off-beat way, it's an entertaining yet insightful look at some of the things that can really happen in software acquisition.
06/01/2006Specifying Initial Design Review (IDR) and Final Design Review (FDR) Criteria
This 2006 report presents definitions of IDR and FDR, their context in the acquisition life cycle, a comparison of engineering emphasis during IDR and FDR, IDR and FDR pre- and post-conditions, and IDR and FDR criteria and how to apply it.
05/31/2006Use of CMMI in Acquisition Environments (2006)
presentation delivered at the Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC): Transforming: Business, Security, Warfighting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1-4 May 2006
05/31/2006Integrating Warfighter-Driven System-of-Systems Integration Into the Acquisition Life Cycle
presentation delivered at the Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC): Transforming: Business, Security, Warfighting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1-4 May 2006
05/31/2006Transformation of a Software Development Organization Using Software Acquisition Practices: A Case Study
presentation delivered at the Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC): Transforming: Business, Security, Warfighting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1-4 May 2006
05/01/2006Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems
This report, published in 2006, discusses questions about sustaining new and legacy systems; the report presents definitions, related issues, future considerations, and recommendations for sustaining software-intensive systems.
04/01/2006Common Elements of Risk
This 2006 report explores the questions, "What constitutes risk?" and "What factors put operational missions at risk?"
03/09/2006Acquisition Support Program Overview
In this 2006 presentation, Brian Gallagher, Director of the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Acquisition Support Program (ASP) provides an overview of the ASP.
03/06/2006Tailoring and Combining the CMMI-ACQ and Quality Models to Improve the Military’s Requirements Process
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006SCAMPI Lessons Learned from Experiences in the Field
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Project Management by Functional Capability
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Background
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Project Management
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Engineering
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Support
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Generic Practices
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Using CMMI Acquisition
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Conclusion
Presented: March 2006
03/06/2006CMMI Version 1.2 and Beyond
Presented: March 2006
03/01/2006Engineering Safety-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems
Presented: March 2006
12/01/2005Software Acquisition Planning Guidelines
This 2005 handbook presents guidance for acquisition planning and strategy topics in a condensed form, and references the primary resources available for each topic.
11/17/2005Process In Execution Review (PIER) and the SCAMPI B Method
Presented: November 2005
11/01/2005Software Outsourcing with CMMI
Presented: November 2005
11/01/2005U.S. Army Acquisition: The Program Office Perspective
09/12/2005Using the OPEN Process Framework to Produce a Situation-Specific Requirements Engineering Method
The OPEN Process Framework (or OPF) is an appropriate focused requirements engineering method (REM) that facilitates the search for a mechanism that will support the flexible creation of a number of tailored REMs from a single base.
09/02/2005Engineering Safety-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems (September 2005)
Presented: September 2005
09/01/2005Integrated Diagnostics: Operational Missions, Diagnostic Types, Characteristics, and Capability Gaps
This 2005 report attempts to fill in these gaps in knowledge and experience by presenting an overview of the operational diagnostic life cycle of a system.
09/01/2005A Taxonomy of Operational Risks
This report presents a taxonomy-based method for identifying and classifying risks to operational aspects of an enterprise.
07/01/2005Designing for Reuse of Configurable Logic
This 2005 report provides an overview of a generic FPGA firmware design process and identifies the resulting work products that may be suitable for reuse in future development efforts.
05/21/2005Achieving Quality Requirements with Reused Software Components: Challenges to Successful Reuse
In this MPEC 2005 presentation, Donald Firesmith of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) discusses how to achieve quality requirements with reusable software.
05/11/2005Reflections on Software Agility and Agile Methods: Challenges, Dilemmas, & the Way Ahead
Presented: May 2005
05/01/2005Reflections on Software Agility and Agile Methods: Challenges, Dilemmas, and the Way Ahead
What are the drivers for the burgeoning interest in agile methods? Have these drivers stimulated a similar rethinking on other fronts? What have we discovered? In this 2005 paper, the author takes a reflective stance in order to look at these larger issues and patterns.
05/01/2005A Taxonomy of Security-Related Requirements
This paper addresses the problems associated with a lack of a clear security taxonomy by identifying four different types of security-related requirements, providing them with clear definitions, and placing them within an organizing hierarchical taxonomy.
05/01/2005Method Engineering and COTS Evaluation
This position paper argues that a successful COTS evaluation process should be based on the principles of method engineering (ME).
04/01/2005Robustness Testing of Software-Intensive Systems: Explanation and Guide
This 2005 technical note provides guidance and procedures for performing robustness testing as part of DoD or federal acquisition programs that have a software component.
03/01/2005U.S. Army Acquisition: The Program Executive Officer Perspective
02/01/2005Software Acquisition Survival Skills: Helping the DoD and Government Program Offices Improve Acquisition of Software and Systems
Software Acquisition Survival Skills: Helping the DoD and Government Program Offices Improve Acquisition of Software and Systems
01/01/2005Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems: A Conundrum
Presented: January 2005
01/01/2005Diagnostic Software: What Your Developer Doesn't Know
Presented: January 2005
01/01/2005A Method for Reasoning About an Acquisition Strategy
A presentation about software acquisition made in January 2005 by Mary Catherine Ward and Joseph P. Elm
01/01/2005SSA's Journey to SW-CMM ML3 and Transition to CMMI
Presented: January 2005
01/01/2005Surveying Systems Engineering Effectiveness
Presented: January 2005
01/01/2005A Process-Oriented (Practical) Approach to Program Office Systems Engineering Management Using the CMMI-AM as a Guide
Presented: January 2005
01/01/2005Samsung SDS' Experience Performing SCAMPI Class A with the People CMM
Presented: January 2005
11/17/2004Model - Appraisal Method Interactions
Presented: November 2004
11/17/2004The SCAMPI Appraisal Method: Top Ten Myths (2004 Edition)
Presented: November 2004
09/28/2004A Taxonomy of Safety-Related Requirements
This paper describes a taxonomy of these different kinds of safety-related requirements, and clearly and briefly defines and describes each of the above categories of safety-related requirements.
09/01/2004Roadmap of Risk Diagnostic Methods: Developing an Integrated View of Risk Identification and Analysis Techniques, A
09/01/2004Risk Based Diagnostics
The SEI has constructed a tentative "roadmap" for personnel involved in the systems and software acquisition community. This report describes the characteristics that determine whether a risk diagnostic method qualifies for the roadmap.
05/26/2004Networked Technologies: The Role of Networks in the Diffusion and Adoption of Software Process Improvement (SPI) Approaches
Social networks play a key role in the adoption and diffusion of software process improvement as a networked technology. This panel addressed actual examples of SPI networks and identified key characteristics of and roles in these emergent networks.
05/26/2004Software Patents: Innovation or Litigation?
This paper summarizes the scope of patent protection in the European Union, the United States, and Japan. In doing so, it examines the patentability of computer software as inventions allowed under E.U. and U.S. patent law.
05/01/2004Why Isn't Someone Coding Yet (WISCY)?
Presented: May 2004
03/01/2004Benchmarking for Improvement in Army Acquisition
Benchmarking for Improvement in Army Acquisition
03/01/2004Army Strategic Software Improvement Program (ASSIP) Survey of Army Acquisition Managers
This report analyzes a survey that covered four areas of the acquisition system: the acquirer's environment, the developer's environment, communication between the acquirer and developer, and external factors that could affect the acquisition system.
02/01/2004Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE
This 2004 paper documents some of the challenges and risks facing programs or organizations trying to help small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs).
01/28/2004Improving Acquisition through COTS Risk Identification
A presentation made during the 2004 SIS Conference: Improving Acquisition through COTS Risk Identification.
01/28/2004NAVAIR Software Acquisition Improvement
This 2004 presentation on Software Acquisition Process Improvement was delivered by Donald R. Beyron, Debra Borden (NAVAIR), Gerry Imai (STSC), and John Kennedy (MITRE).
01/28/2004Reconsidering the Role of Systems Engineering in DoD Software Problems
This 2004 presentation on reconsidering the role of systems engineering in DoD software problems was delivered by Grady Campell of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
01/28/2004Acquisition Modeling: The Key to Managing Acquisition Complexity?
“Acquisition Modeling: The Key to Managing Acquisition Complexity?” was delivered at the 3rd OSD Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems in January 2004.
01/28/2004Software Acquisition Best Practices 2004 Edition
This 2004 presentation was delivered at the 3rd OSD Conference on the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems by Richard J. Adams and others of the Aerospace Corporation.
01/28/2004Improving the Management of the Software Acquisition Process: a Methodological Approach in Automotive
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Acquisition Pilot: The Application of OAR in a Lead System Integrator Context
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Software Best Practices Clearinghouse
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Software Acquisition Best Practices Workshop (January 2004)
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Software Reviews Since Acquisition Reform - The Artifact Perspective
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Identifying Risks in Outsourcing Software-Intensive Projects
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Improving Software Acquisition Processes: A Study of Real Project Costs
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Requirements for a Software Chief Engineer for a Weapons Systems Acquisition
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Using the CMMI® in Acquisition Environments
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Accelerating the Adoption of Improved Practices Using Acquisition Pilots
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004A Best Practices Survey of the Rail Road Industry
A presentation in January 2004 to survey the U.S. railroad industry to benchmark best practices in the acquisition of software-intensive systems.
01/28/2004Air Force Software Intensive Systems Strategic Improvement Program (AFSSIP)
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Why Not Network Centric Acquisition?
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004SOSI: System of Systems Interoperability
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Integrated Architecture Development
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004US/UK/AUS Trilateral Software Intensive Systems Acquisition Improvement Group (SISAIG)
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Successful Acquisition of FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Systems, Networks and Information Integration Context for Software Assurance
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Evolutionary Acquisition of the Future Combat Systems (FCS)
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Defense Systems Systems Engineering
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Collaborative Government/Contractor SCAMPI Appraisal
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Software Acquisition Life Cycle Measure Plan based on the revised
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004SCAMPI B/C Pilots in Acquisition Environments
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Scenario-Driven System Engineering (SDSE) for System of Systems Acquisition
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004CMMI Today
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Software's "Inoperable" Interoperability Problem
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Software Product Maturity in SIS Source Selection
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Comanche Process Improvement Vision and Initiatives
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Requirements Nightmare Put to Rest - F/A-18 Advanced Weapons Laboratory
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004An Acquirer's Guide to Navigating Contractor Data
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004An Alternative to TRLs for COTS Software-Intensive Systems
Presented: January 2004
01/28/2004Acquisition Oversight as a Function of Program Office Capability
Presented: January 2004
01/27/2004Guidelines for Acquisition Planning (January 2004)
This 2004 presentation on Guidelines for Acquisition Planning was delivered by Cecilia A. Albert and three others of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
01/27/2004Early Warning Indicators in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems
In this 2004 presentation, Barry Boehm of the University of California (Los Angeles) discusses early warning indicators in the acquisition of software-intensive systems.
01/27/2004Iterative RFP Project Management
This 2004 presentation on iterative RFP project management was delivered by Chris Armstrong and Bobbi Underbakke of Adaptive Team Collaboration (ADC).
01/01/2004COTS Acquisition Evaluation Process: Preacher's Practice
This paper outlines a successful effort to apply COTS-based engineering principles to a software acquisition by various groups at the SEI.
09/12/2003Reusable Security Requirements
presentation from RE'2003 RHAS'03 Workshop, September 12, 2003
09/01/2003The Business Case for Requirements Engineering
presentation from RE'2003 RHAS'03 Workshop, September 12, 2003
09/01/2003Identifying Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Product Risks: The COTS Usage Risk Evaluation
This 2003 report describes the development of an approach to reduce the number of program failures attributable to COTS software: the COTS Usage Risk Evaluation (CURE).
09/01/2003Analyzing and Specifying Reusable Security Requirements
A system cannot have high assurance if it has poor security, and thus, requirements for high assurance systems will logically include security requirement as well as availability, reliability, and robustness requirements.
08/01/2003From The Monitor August 2003: Ask the SEI
Acquisition Support Program Director answers the question: What is the SEI's long-term strategy for cross-functional integration across the various SEI competencies.
07/01/2003What About Ada? The State of the Technology in 2003
This 2003 report documents a recent investigation which characterized the technical and programmatic risks in reusing significant quantities of legacy Ada code in a new system.
03/01/2003The Acquisition Support Program
The Acquisition Support Program
01/29/2003SA-CMM in a Large Complex Program
This January 2003 presentation – “SA-CMM in a Large Complex Program” – was delivered by Lloyd Anderson and Hugh Gray at a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) conference in Washington, D.C.
01/29/2003System of Systems Architecture and TSPR Contractor Model
This presentation was delivered by Jonathan D. Addelston at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems on January 29, 2003.
01/28/2003Reducing System Acquisition Risk with Software Architecture Analysis and Evaluation
This 2003 presentation on reducing system acquisition risk with software architecture analysis and evaluation was delivered by J.K. Bergey, Matt Fisher, and Lawrence G. Jones of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
01/28/2003Keynote Address: Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems
This page contains the keynote presentation by Claude M. Bolton at the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, held from January 28-30, 2003.
01/28/2003Complex Systems of Systems (CSOS): Software Benefits, Risks, and Strategies
In this 2003 presentation, V. Basili and Barry Boehm provide an overview of complex systems of systems, discussing the software benefits, risks, and strategies associated with them.
01/28/2003A Systems Thinking Approach to Building and Updating C4ISR Architecture Views
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Is There Order or Chaos After 5000?
presentation at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems, January 28-30, 2003
01/28/2003Tri-Service Assessment Initiative Phase 2 Systemic Analysis Results
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Software Sustainability and Acquisition Reform: A View from the Bottom
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Defining Acquisition Measures: The Integrated Software Acquisition Metrics (ISAM) Project
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Enterprise Process Improvement Approach
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003The Incompatibility Between Software Component Based Development and Present UK MoD Procurement Approaches
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Developing Enterprise-wide Measures for Tracking Acquisition Performance
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003The State of Practice in DoD Acquisitions, and Some Proposed Alternatives
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Software Intensive System Acquisition: Best Practices
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Managing Software Risks in Software Intensive Systems with Metrics and Measures
presentation at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems, January 28-30, 2003
01/28/2003Use of Questionnaire-Based Appraisals in Process Improvement Programs
presentation at the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28, 2003, in Arlington, Virginia
01/28/2003Enterprise Architecture and COTS Intensive System Acquisition Strategies
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Revitalizing the Software Acquisition Process
presentation from the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28-30, 2003
01/28/2003Software Regression Testing
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Rapid Improvement Team (RIT) Initiative with GTN 21 - Lessons Learned from GTN 2
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003eQualite: Quality Assessment of Software Suppliers
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Software Acquisition Best Practices: Experiences from the Space System Domain
presentation from the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28-30, 2003
01/28/2003Independent Integrated Verification and Validation
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003TRL Corollaries for Practice-Based Technologies
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003NAVAIR/SEI/MITRE Strategic Collaboration
presentation from the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28-30, 2003
01/28/2003Service Level Agreements: An Approach to Software Life-Cycle Quality
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Refining Software Development Estimation Techniques for the Federal Aviation Administration En-Route Systems Acquisition
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Acquisition Practices: Good and Bad
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Fourteen SCEs Around the World in Less than 40 Days
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Rapid and Adaptive System Acquisition
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003The Role of the Revised IEEE Standard Dictionary of Measures of the Software Aspects of Dependability in Software Acquisition
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Implementing Best Practices in the Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI) Program at AFRL
IPresented: January 2003
01/28/2003The UK/US Bilateral on Improving Military Software Intensive System Acquisition - A UK View
Presentation by Dr. Dave Thombs, Pricing & Forecasting Group (PFG), made on January 2003.
01/28/2003The Software Maturity Matrix: A Software Performance Metric
Presented: January 2003
01/28/2003Experience and Lessons-Learned in Applying the Tri-Service Assessment Initiative Process
This presentation on the experiences and lessons learned in applying the Tri-Service Assessment Initiative Process was delivered by William Bail of MITRE on January 28, 2003.
01/28/2003Transforming an Agency in an Interagency Environment
This 2003 presentation was delivered by Charles R. Armstrong of the Customs Modernization Office at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems.
01/27/2003Lessons Learned on Cooperative Government-Industry Appraisals
This 2003 presentation was delivered by Melanie Benhoff of Integrity Applications, Inc., in which she presents a number of lessons learned on cooperative government/industry appraisals.
01/26/2003They Keep Moving the Cheese
“They Keep Moving the Cheese: A Framework for the Evolutionary Acquisition of Large Software Intensive Systems” was delivered by Cecilia Albert and Lisa Brownsword in 2003.
01/01/2003Advanced Engineering Environments for Small Manufacturing Enterprises
Presented: January 2003
12/01/2002Rules of Thumb for the Use of COTS Products
This 2002 report provides information to help guide decisions about when COTS products are an appropriate solution—and when they are not.
11/01/2002Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems (EPIC) Building, Fielding, and Supporting Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Based Solutions
This 2002 document is the first release of a full description of the EPIC framework along with its activities and artifacts.
09/01/2002An Application of an Iterative Approach to DoD Software Migration Planning
This 2002 report outlines the early results of an approach to support software migration planning that focused on deriving actionable plans for focus areas that were identified in an initial increment of an overall migration plan.
06/01/2002Using EVMS with COTS-Based Systems
This 2002 report focuses is on the use of Earned Value in the context of a COTS-Based System (CBS).
03/01/2002Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model (SA-CMM) Version 1.03
This 2002 version of the SA-CMM incorporates change requests that have been received, as well as the results of lessons learned from conducting appraisals and from the use of Version 1.02.
12/01/2001A Framework for the Specification of Acquisition Models
This special report provides a bibliography of books, articles, and other literature concerning the PSP and TSP methodologies.
07/10/2001The IDEAL Model
Presentation from July 2001 on the IDEAL model, an organizational improvement model that serves as a roadmap for initiating, planning, and implementing improvement actions.
05/01/2001Spiral Development and Evolutionary Acquisition
DoD Instruction 5000.2 introduced innovations throughout the acquisition cycle. To address this, a workshop was held September 2000. This 2001 report summarizes the workshop and presents its recommendations.
08/01/2000Improving the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems
The SEI surveyed senior acquisition managers about the performance of their organizations, especially on skills and competencies, and issues surrounding the training needed to develop them. The results of the survey are presented in this report.
10/01/1999Software Acquisition Risk Management Key Process Area (KPA): A Guidebook Version 1.02
This report provides guidelines for implementing a software acquisition risk management program that satisfies the goals of the ARM KPA of the SA-CMM.
07/01/1998Software Acquisition Improvement Framework (SAIF) Definition
This 1998 document discusses rationale behind the need for the Software Acquisition Improvement Framework (SAIF), the elements constituting the SAIF, and the intended operational usage of the SAIF.
08/01/1997Software Acquisition Process Maturity Questionnaire
This 1997 report contains a software acquisition process maturity questionnaire, intended for those interested in learning about and performing software acquisition process appraisals.
12/01/1996Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model
This 1996 version of the SA-CMM incorporates the results of lessons learned from the use of Version 1.0.
01/01/1996Continuous Risk Management Guidebook
This book describes the underlying principles, concepts, and functions of risk management and provides guidance on how to implement it as a continuous practice in your projects and organization.
06/01/1987Seeking the Balance Between Government and Industry Interests in Software Acquisition. Volume I. A Basis for Reconciling DoD and Industry Needs for Rights in Software
This 1987 report offers several recommendations for achieving a balanced policy as to government funded software, privately funded software, and mixed funding software that will meet the mission needs of the DoD while enabling contractors to protect their proprietary interests, and commercialize their software products.
01/01/1987Effect of Software Support Needs on DoD Software Acquisition Policy: Part 1: A Framework for Analyzing Legal Issues, The
This 1987 report summarizes the significant technical and managerial considerations that affect the maintenance and enhancement of software.
09/01/1986Proposal for a New Rights in Software Clause for Software Acquisitions by the Department of Defense
This report 1986 recommends regulatory strategies for addressing difficulties the DoD has experienced with respect to legal issues related to software acquisitions.
04/01/1986Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy
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